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At Falcon: Keenan Britton scored three touchdowns and KalenBallage had two as Falcon remained unbeaten with a victory over Sand Creek (2-3, 0-2 4A Pikes Peak League).

The Falcons improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in league play.

“So far our kids have done a great job answering the bell and doing what the coaching staff has asked of them,” Falcon coach Trevor Hudson said. “But we have a philosophy of one game at a time so now all of our focus is on Pine Creek, who we play next week.”

Britton finished with 138 yards on 22 carries, while Ballage had four catches for 100 yards. Quarterback Adam Montelongo threw for 116 yards and three touchdowns.

Sand Creek scored first on a 10-yard touchdown pass by Micheal DeCarmo with 8 minutes remaining in the first quarter. Falcon answered less than a minute later as Ballage broke through for a 64-yard touchdown run.

The Falcons broke the game open in the second quarter with two Britton touchdown runs and a 34-yard scoring pass from Montelongo to Eric Robinson.

Britton added a third TD in the third quarter and Ballage caught a 9-yarder from Montelongo in the fourth.

Pine Creek 37, Liberty 14

At Liberty: Pine Creek ended its early season misery, shaking off an 0-4 start to pound Liberty (3-2, 1-1 4A Pikes Peak League).

Pine Creek (1-4, 1-1) opened its season with one of the state’s most challenging schedules, squaring off against teams that had an aggregate 14-3 record coming into Friday.

Pine Creek left nothing to chance against Liberty, rushing for three touchdowns and scoring a safety in the first quarter. A 16-yard TD run by Austin Schultz, his second of the game, gave the Eagles a 30-6 lead heading into halftime.

The defenses dominated in the first half, as a 2-yard run by Ponderosa’s Corry Williams with 2 minutes remaining broke the scoreless tie. Williams added another TD run halfway through the third quarter. A turnover on the ensuing possession gave Ponderosa the ball on the Vista Ridge 30, resulting eventually in a 17-yard field goal by Colby Ongna and a 17-0 lead for the Mustangs.

Pueblo Centennial’s Avery Currington had a 12-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and connected with Sam Duden on an 85-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter. The extra point on the second was missed.

It proved costly.

Austin Douglas scored on a 5-yard TD run with seven minutes remaining to cut the gap to 14-7. Five minutes later, another Tiger TD run – with a successful conversion – proved to be the game-winner.

Logan Elliott rushed for a touchdown and passed for another, but St. Mary’s went into intermission with a 14-12 deficit.

Breier ran for his first TD in the third quarter, and then Elliott and Breier each scored early in the fourth as the Pirates took a 33-14 lead. Alamosa answered with a touchdown with 3:30 remaining and another less than a minute later but could not complete the comeback.

A 5-yard touchdown run by Brandon Supernaw and a field goal gave Doherty a 10-0 lead at the intermission.

Legend roared back with a pair of long touchdown runs in the third quarter, the first a 60-yarder by Nicholas Evdos and the second covering 77 yards by Connor Orgill. The Titans added a 33-yard touchdown pass from Peyton Remy to Adam Ausmus in the fourth quarter.